From Guatemala to Panama: US interventions in Latin America

The US attack on Venezuela is part of a long history of military interventions and political influence by the US in Latin America. Here are five such examples since World War II.In the early hours of ...
News Medical

CATCH program identified as excellent example of evidence-based physical activity intervention

In a paper published today in a special physical activity series of The Lancet, the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) program developed by researchers at The University of Texas Health ...
World Bank

The critical importance of an education landscape driven by evidence

Zanaki Primary School is a public primary school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.It received a School Improvement Grant in 2016 financed by the World Bank for its substantially improved student performance ...
Slate

Do Armed Citizens Stop Mass Shootings?

A Republican congressman responded to the Newtown shootings by calling for more citizens to be armed. “I wish to God she had had an M-4 in her office,” Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas said on Fox News on ...
BMJ

Comparative effectiveness of physical exercise interventions for chronic non-specific neck pain: a systematic review with network meta-analysis of 40 randomised controlled trials

Data sources Electronic databases: AMED, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, MEDLINE, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, PsycINFO, Scopus and SPORTDiscus. Eligibility ...